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湖南省宁乡县玉潭镇城北中学2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中测试试题 牛津版（时量：70分钟 总分：120分）.听力技能 （共20分）第一节 对话理解；听下面的对话，完成下列各题。（5小题，计10分）听下面的对话，回答1小题。1.what does mary want to be in the future?a.a basketball player. b.a famous football player. c.a singer.听第二段对话，回答第2小题。2.what was john two years ago?a.a bank clerk. b.a waiter. c.an ofice worker. 听第三段对话，回答第3小题。3.what do they think there will be in 100 years?a.more pollution and less water.b.less pollution and more water.c.more pollution and more water.听第四段对话，回答第4小题。4.which theater will joe go to?a.sun theater. b.childrens theater. c.sunny theater.听第五段对话，回答第5小题。5.why will people have fewer jobs to do?a.because there will be no work. b.because there will live only robots on the earth.c.because robots will do more work.第二节 笔录要点 根据你所听到的内容填写表格。（10分）whowants to bewhymikea computer programmerits 6._and usefulmikes brother7.a _its exciting.mikes sitera singershe likes 8._.mikes friend9.a _she loves 10._.知识运用（20小题，共20分）第一节 单项选择题（10分）11.i hear shell be back a week.a. after b. from c. in12.my sister cant cook, i cant, .a. too b. also c. either13. we didnt know the good news he told us.a. after b. or c. until14.if there are trees, the air in our city will be cleaner.a. fewer, much b. more, more c. more, much15.what at nine oclock last sunday morning?a. was you doing b. were you doing c. are they doing16.well go to the zoo if it tomorrow.a. wont rain b. dont rain c. doesnt rain17.what did your uncle say？he told me he call me the next day.a. will b. should c. would18.in our dormitory, we are all friendly to each other. it makes us like a big family.a. feeling b. feel c. to feel19.he does english than chinese.a. better at b. better in c. will in 20. he goes to work early on workdays saturday and sunday.a. except b. besides c. and第二节 完形填空（10分）dear grandma,hows it going? i hope that grandpa is well now. i was sorry to hear that he had a 21 last week. i hope you are in 22 health.things are fine here. i finished my end-of-year 23 last week, and got my report card today. i always 24 nervous when i see the envelope 25 school in the mail, but luckily i did ok this time. i 26 a really hard time with science this semester , and i wasnt surprised to find that my 27 report was from my science teacher. she said i was lazy, which isnt true .its just that i find 28 really difficult. another disappointing result was in history. my history teacher said i could do better. the good news is that 29 math teacher said i was hard-working. and my spanish teacher said my listening was good. well, thats about all the news i have for now. mom and dad 30 their love. love, alan21.( )a. coldb. lessonc. picnic22.( )a. pityb. goodc. bad23.( )a. exerciseb. homeworkc. exams24.( )a. getb. doc. take25.( )a. onb. fromc. about26.( )a. madeb. hadc. put27.( )a. longestb. easiestc. worst28.( )a. chineseb. sciencec. p.e29.( )a. hisb. yourc. my30.( )a. sendb. bringc. start.阅读技能（三部分，共50分）第一节 阅读短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写（t），不符合的写（f）。（共5小题，计10分）the life we know will be different a hundred years from now. we wont be here to see it, but we can imagine how it will be. kids will go to schools on mars. people will live and work on space stations too. we will get there by rocket. the food we will eat wont look the same. and our clothes will be different. there will be no more supermarkets or shops. robots will bring everything you want to your home and do everything for you.will this be a good thing?( )31. life in the future will not be all that different.( )32.there will be schools on mars.( )33.people will use cars to travel around space.( )34.we will go shopping for food and clothes.( )35.there will be robots to do the housework.第二节 阅读下列短文，从a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳答案，回答问题。alife in the future will be different from life today. between then and now many changes (改变)will happen. but what will the changes be? the population (人口) is growing fast. there will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now. computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room. and computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. people will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching tv and travel. traveling will be much cheaper and easier. and many more people will go to other countries for holidays. there will be changes in our food, too. more land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. maybe no one will eat it every day. instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. maybe people will be healthier. work in the future will be different, too. robots will do dangerous and hard work. because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. this will be a problem. 36.in the future there will be _. a. much more fruit b. more people c. less vegetables 37.every family will have at least a _ in the future. a. robot b. cow c. computer 38.in the future people dont have to _ a. work long hours b. work fast c. walk on foot 39.people may not eat _ as much as they do today. a. fruit b. fish c. meat 40.one big problem in the future is that _. a. many people will not be able to find work b. people have to work fast c. all the work will be done by robotsbthe arts cinema is open 7 days a week, showing lots of american and foreign films. next week，it will show an australian film called “midnight meeting”. it is set in sydney in the 1960s. you can see that film from monday to thursday. it will be on twice a day at 6:30 and 9:10 in the evenings. the film lasts two hours and fifteen minutes. tickets are $ 4, but there is a special student ticket at $2.60 for all the films. please bring your student card if you want the cheaper ticket.the nearest car park to the cinema is in hamlet street. its just five minutes walk from the cinema. if you need further information, phone 8813962 during office hours-9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., monday to friday.41. from the passage we know that “midnight meeting” is a(n) film.a. chinese b. japanese c. australian 42. when can people see that film? .a. from monday to thursday b. from monday to fridayc. six days a week 43. the film lasts .a. from 6:30 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. b. from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.c . 2 hours and 15 minutes44. whats the price of a student ticket? .a.$ 2 b.$ 2.60 c.$ 445. according to the passage, which of the following is true?a. “midnight meeting” is about sydney in 1960.b. students can get a ticket with half of the price.c. for more information, please phone 8813962.cmobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. some middle schools in australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. mobile phone use among (在.之间)children has become a problem for the school this year. several children have got mobile phones as christmas gifts， and more students will want them. mary bluett，an official，said mobile phone use is a distraction（分心） to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. she said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. some parents felt unhappy because they couldnt get in touch with their children. many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school， but if there was a good reason， they could leave their phones at school office. they also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school：they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones， but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones. 46. some middle schools in australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones_。a. because they are students b. when they are free c. when they are at school 47. we know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from_。 a. the makers and sellers b. the passers-by（路人） and strangers c. their parents and friends 48. what does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage？ a聊天 b作弊 c查询 49. some parents felt unhappy because they couldnt_ during school hours. a. use their mobile phones b. leave their mobile phones at school office c. get in touch with their children 50. the passage tells us that _。 a. students shouldnt have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons b. it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school c. some parents felt unhappy because they couldnt use their phones at school 第三节 阅读材料，回答所提问题linda loves her dog davy. they went to new york city last saturday. while linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. the station was crowded and linda couldnt see davy anywhere. when linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but davy didnt come. then she called the police. while she was talking on the telephone, davy met another dog outside the station. while the police were coming, linda walked around the station and called davys name. she didnt think about looking outside the station. finally, a little boy said to her, “did you look outside? i saw a big black dog when i came in.” when linda finally saw davy, he was jumping and running with another dog. there was a police officer next to them. the police officer said to linda, “i think my dog found your dog.” 51. what did linda do when her dog ran away?52.why couldnt linda see davy？53.where was davy while linda was looking for him？54.what happened while linda was on the telephone？55.what was davy doing when linda finally saw him？写作（三部分，11小题，共30分）第一节 从下面方框中选择正确句子的序号，完成对话。（每小题2分）parent：you shouldnt join the lions.son： 56 parent：if you become a professional soccer player, youll never go to college.son：but i really want to